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2011-07-07T19:32:00.000+09:00

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Risen Before the World

2010-04-06T07:25:00.000+09:00

Now, I am risen in glory before the world. Once, showing my meekness, I was alternatively praised and scorned, loved and feared, seen and ignored- whilst now I reveal my true glory, untouchable by the world of change and these dimensions of seemingly limited illusions. In love I came and in love I shall depart, never really to leave, but merely to wait for the right time to appear again.

My body of light is in truth like the essence within you all, would you but know it. My mastery over the powers of 'life' and 'death', your inheritance just as much as mine; as beings of eternity needing none other than love and light to sustain your true and unsullied natures.

Yet it is not with these teachings of ultimate truth only that I wish to leave you. They are things you will learn in due course, if you just open your eyes, your real eyes, those of the spirit- to truth. I want to be sure to leave you, for this moment, with the knowledge of the immanent, the trut of the world around you, within you, right now, accessible now. That is- to love. To love your neighbour, your friend, your enemy, even your inner self- just as you would yourself, giving whatever you can to their happiness, their safety, their feeling of belonging.

This inner choice is the path to peace that you all seek, the way to fulfillment. It will not always be easy to love one another; but if anything in me is valued by you, this is what you can do for me. The simplest of things can seem the hardest. Yet, in truth, it is the only meaning to be found in the seemingly endless cycles of illusion opening up before you, on your great journey back to The Father himself.

I leave you with this, my love, the spirit of love. Have faith that it will endure, no matter what Earthly distraction seems to obscure it, not for a moment will it leave you, not for a moment. In time, you will be ready for the spirit of truth in all it's glory. To see the truth in all things, infinite and eternal, shining like a light from within them. Until then, love those around you for who they are, seeing the goodness in them you can help to heal them, to return them, so that they remember their divine origin; so easily forgotten in a comparative wasteland of illusions, so soon to pass when the time of the great remembering arrives.

I Came not to See or Conquer, I Came in Love.

2010-03-23T18:11:00.000+09:00

I came not to see or conquer, I came in love.

To show that even in a world that faces so much confusion, creates so much needless misery, there is still hope- not just hope for a better future, but hope for a realised present. The signposts of love breath from every tree, every flower, emerge with every blossom. They warm the heart, bearing fingerprints of divinity wherever they appear.

Appear they will, bidden or not- yet they will only appear to those who choose to focus on them- for here lies the choice; to love or not to love, to experience the mirror of our own soul's inner beauty or to see illusions in it instead. To feel the warmth of God' loving hands, as reflected though our selves, or to pass by, heedless and ignorant. We always have the choice.

Which leads me to say- what really is love- can we ever be totally devoid of it? I would have to say- no, not at all- for love is our very essence, the very makeup of our being. In the beginning was the Word and the word was love. How indeed could it be any other way, for what other pathway is there to and from eternity?

Love is here in whatever the degree- and the greater the degree, the greater the joy, whether or not happy circumstances immediately accompany it's realisation. At the base there is love for oneself, or the pursuit of those activities that one loves. Then it grows- some would say with maturity, though I'd qualify that by saying it is the particular road to maturity chosen- to love of another, then love of the family that they co-create (much as we already co-create our lives with God, whether consciously or not). Some let this grow further, into love for their country or religion, or even for the world as a whole. The ultimate growth is love for everyone around us- a love based on the former ones, yet just as steady and vital as hem. Such a love is much more than mere wishful thinking- it is the very realisation of who we are, moment by moment loving the appearances of God around us, His manifestation in others- and loving them for who they are.

Mere abstract love can be no more than hypocrisy, wishful thinking, self-deception and the deception of others, intentional or not. The true love is realised in action, in honest intention, in heartfelt regard. Hense this growth of Love that God wants from us, whether it be in tis world or the next. This is the change that we can do in the moment- to bring all our thought over to those of love and forgiveness, right now- to endlessly transform our inner landscape in the here and now. It is the timeless action of the sincerely religious- the action that reaches out beyond the apparent to the stars themselves and even beyond. The message that echos in eternity, that inspires and moves creatures everywhere. That one inner action- to be true to ourselves and our realisation of love- is the first and final action that bridges the apparent gap between us now and in eternity.

Only fear holds us back- a fear of illusions that must be cast aside, it's ice melted into a puddle of nothingness, so that we can be free, free, free!

Love is who we are and where we came from. The word was love and it still is now. The only thing we have to lose is our needless fear of being who we really were all along.

Amen

Starfire.

Divine Broadcast (5) The Life of the Divine (For Philosophers)

2009-12-30T14:52:00.003+09:00

1) In the life of the divine, there are no tomorrows.

2) There are no yesterdays to regret,

3) Only endless presents, playing out simultaneously.

4) Filled with joy at the freedom of existence.

5) There is no knowledge of sadness,

6) For in this endless present, all wounds are as healed.

7) All problems are resolved,

8) Just as the sunset warms even the most difficult of days,

9) With her warm, soft and inspiring light.

10) So does truth melt away our folly,

11) Revealing the grandeur of a far greater vision-

12) The truth of the divine.

The Divine Broadcast (4) Evolution (For Children)

2009-12-30T14:51:00.002+09:00

1) If our world of experience is medium-sized,

2) When compared to the vastness of space, or the intricacy of the small,

3) Let’s take a look at the small, to see what we can learn.

4) Is heaven as clear here as in the large?

5) Can the small take our breath away?

6) I’d say it can!

7) Also, not being used to it, it can startle us every day.

8) The heavenly of the tiny!

9) The intricacy of developing life!

10) We were once small creatures, but are now huge by comparison.

11) But are we really so big after all?

12) Are we really as strong and powerful as we like to think?

13) Or are we, in truth, no less vulnerable than a sparrow, when seen in the great context of things?

14) Are we just as dependant on God’s loving protection as she?

15) Seeing this, we know we must surely be blessed, just to be alive at all.

16) So we came to a sense of life’s meaning- to be appreciative and thankful, for all that we have-

17) Every last moment, of every single day.

18) For our continued life is indeed a miracle!

19) Just like those of the birds, of whom it is said we evolved from not so long ago (in the great scheme of things)!

20) “The source of all Miracles is Michael himself, for reality is the story of the miraculous taking place”… Miracles are of Michael.

Divine Broadcast (3)- Grandeur (For Artists)

2009-12-30T14:49:00.003+09:00

1) We live on in cities or towns, surrounded by land.

2) Land that is surrounded by oceans.

3) Oceans that are surrounded by clouds upon clouds.

4) Hence, thanks to the force of gravity, we have a world,

5) Spinning through time and space,

6) Spinning around a sun.

7) A sun that may well spin around far distant suns, who gave life to him just as he did our planets.

8) All of this spinning in a vast galaxy.

9) Spinning around a central galaxy in an even vaster universe.

10) Spheres around spheres, with one thing in common-

11) All were designed with the prospect of intelligent life in mind.

12) All are blessed with God’s eternal love.

The Divine Broadcast (2)- Inner Truth (For Seekers)

2009-12-30T14:14:00.006+09:00

1) Every moment, countless miracles occur.

2) Even on the smallest of levels, life gives birth to life.

3) Challenges that may seem insurmountable are gracefully overcome.

4) No sincere effort is left unaided by these miracles of grace.

5) So yes- life is, in short, miraculous!

6) So why do we so often fail to see it as so?

7) The answer is ego-created illusion.

8) A world placed like a veil over our real one.

9) For the tastes and colours we perceive are mere shadows of the actual ones.

10) Fear and sometimes even panic interfere, diluting our experience of God’s unconditional love.

11) Scared of others, we start to love objects more than the people they were made for.

12) We start to even be afraid of dangers from our own shadows, our own dark side.

13) This shadow world, the world of whispering thoughts and newspaper headlines, is all around us…

14) Or is it?

15) Is it really inside us, projected, cloaking our inner reality…

16) … Our inner infinity?

17) Battles in the outer world may be fought and even won, but the war to get back to our selves will never be won there.

18) For it is inside that truth thrives and here lies our freedom.

19) A sheltered place where no fear or confusion can enter.

20) A reality free from the perils of the illusion we call ‘reality’.

“The Kingdom of God is within”- Jesus of Nazareth.

The Divine Broadcast (1)- Life is a Miracle (For All)

2009-12-27T18:31:00.000+09:00

1) This is a message that transcends all progress.

2) It has been sent endlessly, since the beginning of time itself.

3) The message is broadcast in the form of everyday miracles.

4) From the birth of a day, in glorious sunrise…

5)… to the birth of a child, a new member of our human family.

6) This is a message of the ever-present victory of life.

7) The story of life’s conquest of death and darkness.

8) Where there is anything, there is life!

9) This is a message from our creator, the great animator.

10) The Sun of suns, the eternal Father of all sons.

11) Some call me God, others Allah, Brahman, Vishnu or the Tao.

12) Some know me just as luck, intelligence, or The Force.

13) Yet all sane minds agree that this Intelligence is Love.

14) In this, love transcends all technologies, past, @present or future.

15) Even the very contents of this message.

16) For all of value is love, in love and of love.

17) So this is our daily miracle- the survival of love in a vast universe.

18) This indeed is our message.

19) The power of love to heal, to return all lost ones to the real.

20) The constant miracle that love is real.

The Divine Broadcast- Prelude

2009-12-27T18:04:00.004+09:00

(Written on 26-27 December 2009)

Here I will serialise a new set of messages. I hope to turn them into the text for a photo book or a video podcast soon. I don't want to keep them for myself though in the meantime, so here are the words!

(Inspired by what little I know of The Urantia Book and A Course in Miracles , along with the work of countless photographers and other artists, cataloguing the miracles of the Creation every last moment).

Prelude

1) Every day, small miracles occur,

2) Even if we are unaware of them.

3) Such wonders happen, whether we see them or not.

4) This is the true purpose of our universe.

5) The divine broadcast from our Creator.

6) Giving with an endless, tireless love.

7) The sun of all suns, the son of all sons.

8) Often hidden by vast levels of man-made illusions.

9) Illusions that are so attractive to us,

10) whether it be pain or pleasure that they bring.

11) Yet, we yearn for the truth of God’s words,

12) the nourishment of eternal verities.

11) So sooner or later, we all return to the divine broadcast.

12) A message of constant love and forgiveness, unyielding compassion.

13) The very source of our hope, faith and charity- all that is best in us.

14) That will inevitably rise to the surface, like an opening flower.

Nguyên Lê - Azur - Photos by Starfire

2009-12-20T18:58:00.004+09:00

Another view of our world...

Thank you for making this video, it is a beautiful accompaniment to my work, which is reacing more people than my writing currently can!

"The Truth", Watch The Whole Thing, It's Amazing!

2009-10-08T09:36:00.002+09:00

This is everything, in a nutshell.

Krishnamurti : Why don't You Change?

2009-10-03T10:34:00.002+09:00

Krishnamurti has the question, we need to find the answer ourselves. He has been a great inspiration to me, helping me to see the error of my own ways in continuing patterns of violence, even in my on mind, that I have picked up from the wider society.

Knowing what I do about God and not believing it all to be mere psychological projections or imaginary, I don't share his avowedly Agnostic framework, which I take to be more of a stance than his own true beliefs on the matter. I find faith to be greater than doubt and to have more positive consequences in terms of my outlook. Still, I do admit I find it intriguing and in it's own way very attractive, if only as a way to present Spiritual teachings to a world in which belief in God carries so much 'emotional baggage'. I also think it possible that this is a better way to approach the subject of God, as you are ready for a fresh revelation each time.

It may sound confusing, but I leave the door open to the possibility that he was indeed the voice of Lord Maitreya, even The Messiah. I have yet to come across someone so clear-minded and inspiring, so able to help us to get away from the evils of our world and return our attention to the good. Weren't Buddha dn Jesus also dismissive of the ideologies of their day, seeing them also as barriers to realising authentic values? Yet, for many believers, his seemingly anti-religious statements, dismissing the Bible amongst others, will surely be a big barrier to ccepting him, leading to him being shabbily dismissed as a 'false prophet' from the get g. Yet I think to do so would be to repeat a classic mistake of dismissing the messenger simply because you don't like the message, or find it too hard to understand.

As for his agnosticism and view of the Bible and other Holy Books, this is more about treating them as whole, complete scriptures to be blindly followed than their own innate worth as guides. Of course a follower of K would disagree, seeing this as a mangling of is words, but you always need to bear in mind context. At a time when religious concepts and even faith in God was being exploited for nefarious purposes (K lived though the second world war, in which he was famously a conscientious objector), it would make sense o leave the whole thing aside and start afresh, as he did.

His value is more in the way he conveyed the experience of fresh spiritual inspiration, the evergreen nature of personal revelation of spiritual realities, imbibed in all that is around us. systems or personal identities can be so ideological that they are a form of idolatry themselves- no more so than in the Totalitarian dictatorships, but even now, consumerism, the pressure to conform to a Late Capitalist society is still a heavy burden and distraction from the Truth.

K is a man you really need to hear for yourself, whichever way you look at it, one of the greatest spiritual masters our world has known and one of the most important yet sadly overlooked figures of the 20th century. Hear, see and be transformed!

The Cosmic Transmissions

2009-07-08T05:00:00.000+09:00

Here is a sample of some video transmissions I have made, dealing with the Cosmic Understanding materials and more. Hopefully, by speaking directly, I can bypass the limitations of the written word, something that has only recently become possible through the advances of the Internet-

Is this Revelation or Theory?

2008-11-22T18:42:00.004+09:00

Just to be clear, I will here say a little more about me. So far the main response to this site and my 'spiritual', or higher-truth seeking writings has been... silence. Not the silence of a mountain or temple, not the silence of deep meditation. But the silence of no-one taking any interest in the whole thing. Not exactly the silence we are looking for.

So here I am. This was all inspired by experiences I have had. I have felt, experienced, 'seen', a great ocean of love, a communion beyond ourselves, or at least a love that enveloped me. It did come from inside me, but it was far greater than anything I could have imagined and hard to put into words. In short- I didn't just want to believe in such a force- I experienced it. The same for the 'divine' voice within. I don't pretend it's God, as such- just I consider it to be the closest thing to god within me, the closest to an experience of a personal god- the compliment to 'cosmic God' of the Holy force I felt.

From the start I know a lot of people have been pretty much inoculated against giving any sort of credence to any of this. For good reason- there is a lot of fraud and manipulation out there, a lot of 'false religion' and ego-tripping 'gurus' out to empty people's bank accounts. Yet, with this, you have to ask yourself- what have i really to gain by saying what I say? I speak of something freely available to all- you don't need a particular religion, passport, racial identity or have to mumble any combination of particular words. God is there, here, everywhere- we just don't pay any notice, and when we do, it is in a way so filled with fear that we obscure the kindness of that personage, projecting our own insecurities onto it.

It's deep, oh, it's deep. Yet it's also light as a feather and as joyful as a trip to an Amusement Park- for life is designed to be this way and who do you think designed our lives? So anyway, like I say people are currently paying no notice to this, it is passing them by. It sounds silly, or is easily ignored... which is sort of in my favour, for like I said, if people did stop to listen, it might well turn out to challenge a lot of their presumptions about what God, truth, higher reality and even their own true selves really are. They could get aggressive, scared, hostile, or on the other hand fall on their feet in a stance of worship, confusing me with my teachings. silence is, as they say, golden.

I am just writing this to say that yes, I am serious. I did experience these phenomena, they were revealed to me and I do believe that they will be at the core of some future religion or religious movement dedicated more towards experiencing the divine than theorising about it, fearing it, propitiating it. I call it 'Friendship With God. It's our calling and our destiny and in fact, also our inheritance. Yet no-one is interested, which makes me wonder... why??

I do expect that at some point the tide will turn and for whatever reason this will attract those who can benefit from it. Yet I also wish to say here that I in no way intend to cause offence to those who use the terms i use here in a very different way. It is simply the only language we have, so i use the most familiar terms available to describe what I encounter, without in any way seeking to supersed or seem disrespectful to other uses of these words. There are indeed many understandings and whilst I don't necessarily share many of them, I certainly respect people's religious feelings towards their own favoured creeds. I am not seeking to challenge or overturn any particular religious doctrines or even dogmas. I am even less seeking to establish my own. What I am seeking to do is to find out the truth as it really is- with the assumption that there is a truth, hazy or fuzzy though it may seem- that it is worth our while to discover.

Current obsessions with economics or technology and other fashions may leave a good deal of educated people wondering 'why bother', whilst the existentialists out there may well question the very validity of such an undertaking. Yet I see it as Man's timeless task- to find out what is true and worthy for ourselves. Not just with scientific instruments, but with the faculties we ourselves are endowed with- our minds and hearts, which can sense and feel what is real for us. while the eyes are easily deceived, the better parts of our heart less so. So let us journey together into the lost isles of 'Truth'. Who knows what we may find there?

Cosmic Love,

Starfire

On Salvation

2008-11-22T12:17:00.007+09:00

What is salvation? It means many things to many people, but here is what I have come to understand it as. It is the freedom from the clutches of sin, of a worldly world with it's heaviness, sorrow and tragedy. The seemingly endless knotted rope of karma, of cause and effect, that makes so many lives, if not miserable, at least tinged with this misery. For sin is death and depression- hope, joy, love seemingly blotted out by it's dark and deceptive clutches. Sin can seem pleasurable for someone caught up in it- for many, though, it is a source of obvious, not so hidden, suffering.

So by defining 'sin', we are better able to appreciate the mercy and lovings of God to grant us the path of salvation. Please note- the definition I use is not necessarily the same as that used by most Christians and this is not as such a 'Christian' site. Yet, still, I think we are talking about the same thing from different angles. Salvation is for those with faith, whether or not they are actually Christians. God reaches people in many ways and if at any point the Bible, Gita or Buddhist scriptures seem to suggest otherwise, the fault lies in the interpretation. God's universal way is, in our dimension, 'many ways'- 'many ways' that will be seen to be as one when we are able to see them clearly- all of which is not to suggest that all ways are valid. The one path of truth appears to us in many guises- for the path is of time and space, whilst the truth is eternal and infinite. There are no limits, other than those we impose on ourselves.

So what does it mean to be free of this thing called 'sin', this willful and corrupted state that permits itself to confuse evil with good and promote the former? What will happen when we are no longer dominated by it? Simply, we will see the end of our nebulous, distracting thought-stream that cries out with selfish impulses, destructive intentions and egotistical misunderstandings. We will be free, filled with love, having returned to the great cosmic family from which we came. For there are many more trillions of beings free from 'sin' than those controlled or shall we say, those who have their lives tainted by it. We will no longer worship at the feet of false idols, be they machines, people, doctrines or ideas. Instead, we will commune with God, restoring our rightful inheritance as His children. We will remember that we are of the family of God, playing for now the games of being humans, yet spiritually forever immersed in a greater, brighter, lovelier truth.

We will have clear understanding and vast insight. We will be restored to our true nature, again like trusting children, unstained and innocent, yet still wiser for our awareness of this world, a world which we will realise we are in, but not of. The key point in all of this is not so much what we will be- as it will be our true selves, each of us a shining individual as well as a conscious family member. It is what we will be free of- what we will be saved from. Just as the Israelites were saved from the pursuing Egyptians, or the early Christians from the curse of grinding religious laws that seemingly lead no-where, so will we receive these blessings in our own time. It also stands to reason that this will come, as ever, through no institution or worldly authority. It is the freely-given gift of God, available now as forever. For whilst we change, God- the divine reality in whose image we are made- is eternally dependable.

Amen

The Eden Dialogues

2008-09-18T17:04:00.018+09:00

A Sneak Preview of The Eden Dialogues

Here is a peek at The Eden Dialogues, which is going to be something like Neal Donald Walsh’s popular Conversations With God series. Please note that the final draft may be very different from this text, which is only now emerging.

After many years of interest in meditation and religion I seem to have, for whatever reason, established the clear contact with God that many have hoped for. I am receiving answers to many questions this way; though the basic question of whether this ‘really is’ God remains an issue. In this chapter, before I continue with what could be a self-deceptive experience, I decide to put this to the test and find out who the inner voice I am communicating with really is…

Part VI- Who is this God Person, Anyway?

Me- Let’s get to the point. Are you really God?

God- I said I am, didn’t I? Or, rather, you said I am!

Me- Hey, it’s important. You said something just before that made me wonder about that. You spoke of ‘beings like me’- now one of the most basic things about God that I have always been told, is that there is only one of Him.

God- Or Her.

Me- Okay, or Her.

God- Or Them.

Me- Huh? Don’t remember that one!

God- The Holy Trinity, the Hindu Trimurti, the Urantia Book Creator Sons? Ever heard of them?

Me- But there is only one God, right?

God- Right- with many faces for you to see, though.

Me- Like the Hindu statues of beings with many faces, looking in all directions?

God- Something like that, but I want you to understand in another way, something more closely related to what you read, but didn’t completely understand, in The Urantia Book.

In actual fact, the ancients had a point when they posited the existence of many beings that could be God, ‘the gods’, just as later generations were right to say that there was ‘only One’. In truth, I am many in one and one in many- but not really like the ancient gods with all their petty squabbles- squabbles that, by the way were really a way of the ancient writers to teach you about your own psychology as human beings, evolving on the Earth.

I am One, Holy, at peace, yet I can be anything I choose to be- so it makes sense to have a variety of impressions- no one particular one is definitive, though the very highest conception, in any given civilisation, is the one closest to the truth.

Me- Ah, this does go along very well with what I have studied and thought on the matter over the years.

God- Well, who’s idea was that, do you think?

Me- Mine, er, yours, er ‘ours’?

God- Bingo!

Me- I hope you don’t annoy any readers by keeping on saying that!

God- What do you suggest- I think it’s best if I’m totally inoffensive, don’t you? Child-friendly and everything- after all, I am speaking to my children through you.

Me. Hmm, you do have a point. Still, I want to pursue this further if it’s okay.

God- Be my guest. In fact, be whoever you want to be!

Me- Yes, well, let’s not get sidetracked.

God- No that would be terrible, wouldn’t it, not going where you intended, unexpected detours and everything. Carry on, you’re the boss- in a manner of speaking, of course.

Me- Okay, anyway, I wanted to ask, I’ll do it now.

God- Go on, spill the beans, just be ready to sweep them up afterwards, though!

Me- Right, nice. Oh, I’ve almost forgotten- yes- here it is-

God- I’m listening.

Me- You say you are God and I believe, taking into account my own inevitable ‘dilution of your purity’ with my own mind interfering, that this could well be true.

God- Right- it could well be true, in fact, I’d say that… it is!

Me- Well, isn’t there any chance that you are not actually, in person, the infinite God we hear of in the Bible, but actually a representative, a kind of, sorry if it sounds disrespectful…

God- Oh, don’t worry about that!

Me- … well, I was going to say… some kind of secretary for God?

God- Ouch, that hurts! How would you like it is someone said that about you... oh, look, someone just did!

Me- Who?

God- You!

Me- Okay, well it seems a little submissive to put it that way, but I don’t mind too much.

God- Then neither do I.

Me- Well, how about ‘Messenger for God’?

God- Like that better?

Me- Well, it seems a little dated, I mean with telephones and email, we don’t really have so many messengers these days.

God- Any other ideas?

Me- Well, how about reporter- no they are always getting drunk, it seems… blogger- too subculture, interviewer… too literal. Well, what do you suggest?

God- Hmm, how about ‘Messenger’? That’s a time-honoured phrase with a nice ring to it.

Me- Anyway, titles aside, I got sidetracked again!

God- No, really? You don’t say!

Me- I want to be really clear who you are. I mean to say, what if it turned out that you are just a messenger or sorts; you, the one I call God in this conversations- well, that would mean that there is something higher that you. Then, whilst it wouldn’t be accurate to say that you aren’t God, it might make sense to call you an angel or something.

God- Oh, I’m no angel, at least that’s what many would say- but then again, as they say, who could be one in this world?

Me- Well, if you aren’t an angel, isn’t it just possible that- that all this time I have just been talking to myself? Is that what you are saying?

God- Oh, don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re not so boring as you think, as a matter of fact, I’m rather enjoying our conversations.

Me- You are… you mean I am... oh, I’m getting a bit confused, now.

God- I did suggest you don’t ask too many questions.

Me- Phew- God, give me strength!

God- Here you are, just as you asked!

Me- Okay, I want to get to the bottom of this.

God- Are you sure there is a bottom- why not get to the top, then?

Me- Are you or are you not God- the Holy Father, the infinite ruler of the universe? Or are you in fact some kind of spirit-being, playing at being God just to either amuse yourself, or, more optimistically, to help people? Did God permit you to play at being him, to reach us? Put simply- are you or are you not God?

God- So you want a straight answer, no games, the truth of it all?

Me- Yes. Please.

God- I am no more God than you are- and no less God either.

Me- So I am talking to myself- it is all just me?

God- Well is this the highest, most perfect and kindest way you can imagine yourself- is this the highest perfection of yourself that you can imagine- subconsciously, as well as consciously, if such a thing were possible?

Me- Yes, I suppose it is- wise, humourous, all-knowing without being a know-it-all. I suppose this is the perfect person, in my book.

God- Then I am your…

Me- God?

God- Your God, the god you made, by realising me in yourself- your Self, not your everyday, flawed personality of ‘self’.

Me- So are you still the God of everyone?

God- Well, are you the same as everyone else?

Me- In some ways, yes- my fears, my needs, many of my dreams, certainly in my desire to find happiness, we all share that, just different things make us happy.

God- Do they really?

Me- Well, we look for happiness in different places, we have different hobbies, loves and so on.

God- That is one kind of happiness. But is there maybe one ‘place’, a place that isn’t a place, that has no name in your language as such, but is called many things, where you all can find eternal, imperishable happiness?

Me- You mean Heaven, Paradise, Nirvana- that’s where our happiness is, that’s where God is to be found, not in this world?

God- I never said not in this world. Just not of this world, not a product of the lifestyles and societies which are so popular here. Beyond, yet in this world, like a greater circle absorbing a smaller one- but not just in that 2-dimentional sense, but stretching into every dimension.

Simply put, I am far greater and my Kingdom immeasurably vaster than your world is. There is no beginning or end to me or my ‘world’; whereas yours can be measured in miles, mine can only be defined by what it is not, of what it is greater than and cannot be limited to.

Me- Like the saying, ‘All the grains of sand on all the beaches of all the world are far less than the worlds in God’s hand’?

God- Right, exactly.

Me- So you are God, but God is greater than what I can see, with more to be revealed later, when I’m ready?

God- Right- ‘Bingo’- BINGO!!

Me- One more time, I want to be sure. You’re not just a spirit playing games? Playing charades, dressing up as God?

God- This is something you will always wonder, as will many others who get to hear of this. My point is, that it is not so important- if the truth is true and if this is the truth, that is what matters most. Not who is saying it to you, in you, from you, or even as you.

Me- Just for curiosity’s sake- not as a judgement- despite what you are saying, I find it just too hard to believe. Are you really a spirit-being, with your own name- can you tell me, please?

God- All you and your readers need to know is that this is coming from God and that only God deserves to be worshipped- nothing incomplete deserves such honours.

Me- So are you an anonymous spirit being, you wish to remain nameless?

God-My name in your language is Michael- this is the name of God.

Me- Any connection with any friends I may have with that name?

God- No more so than all the people in South America called Jesus. A name is just a name, but my name; the name of God, when used correctly, is sacred.

New Versions of Sayings From Above

2008-02-24T10:15:00.003+09:00

I- Editted on 2/24/08

(Note- These sayings are ever-edited, to improve their clarity of transmission)

Fear is gone with a smile.

Behind the history of war is a history of kindness- which exists in God's book.

We fly in the spirit more fully than in the air.

The light within burns brightest.

Truth's light burns away lies.

The path of light stretches to the comic core and, like an umbilical cord, from there to God Himself.

Each one of us is a tiny universe.

Truth is real when we find it for ourselves.

Open your heart and feel the kiss of the universe.

This now we have is all we ever need- live fully and in love with it.

As flower petals fall to Earth, so does heaven manifest in life's endless beauties.

Love, God, Reality are all names for the essence of life.

When we bless each other, our own blessings multiply- grace invites greater grace.

When we feel at home, we start to heal.

The Way

2008-02-24T10:10:00.001+09:00

The Tao, The Ki, The Way, The Force, God's Plan; all of these are of the same essence. We need to be in tune with the great stream of our being, something we ourselves generate as a manifestation of our life. As spiritual beings manifesting ourselves in the material dimensions, we create this stream, yet often forget what it is. We need to constantly align ourselves with the reality of our being-ness, to flow smoothly along, learning, loving, being gently carried to our destination in the highest heavens of God.

We need to remember our truest values and thus swim with our stream. Our pain and frustration comes from trying to swim against the current, with mangled conceptions of how things should be, when, in fact, a recognition and unfolding of the way they truly are is the most liberating force of all.

What could be greater than a free-will universe in which we willingly love God by loving one another? In which increasingly wonderful and beautiful forms evolve on planets, finding more and more of their creator as they thrive in sunlight and spiritual foods to come? As we find increasingly better things, we move onwards towards them. This shows our learning of higher morality and of the higher artistic possibilities of the universe.

God and the universe being an artist, we being children of same are likewise artists at heart. We create art simply by purely living our lives, expressing our deepest wishes whenever we live sincerely. Sincerity, sincerity and more sincerity- this is the way to enlightenment.

Essentialism

2008-01-18T10:02:00.000+09:00

This site is the home of Essentialism. It started with the great vision of what this could be and will hereby return to it. Language barriers and seemingly complex writings can only get in the way of this, so here we return to the core.

Essentialism was revealed as a way out of the spiraling conflict between fundamentalism with all it's narrow-mindedness and consumerism, with it's shallowness and neglect of people's true humanity. It sees these movements as expressive of man's greatest longings, yet fatally hobbled by their mistakes. Whilst fundamentalism wants a return to spiritual values, it mistakes dogmas and group-membership for true spirituality, hence becoming a source of bigotry and ignorance that are actually irreligious in nature. Essentialism preaches basic religiosity, but one free from bigotry.

Meanwhile, consumerism taps into our newly acquired prosperity and the coming realisation that whatever we wish for can be ours, for the first time a possibility for the common man that was ever a slave to those above him. Yet it confuses possessions with true desires and pushes whole nations into a mad quest for material objects, that on their own mean nothing. marriages become divorces, wealth becomes inner poverty- and all for what? For progress? Essentilasm preaches a balanced progress in harmony with the universe. All we wish for is ours, but it is the material form of our inner state of bliss, a perfection of our outer life.

Essentialism reaches for what is most important, which is at the same time what is most religious. It isn't concerned with loyalty to doctrines or particular images of God, there is no emphasis on the infallibility of revealed scriptures. In this, it is very different from any form of fundamentalism, which by it's very nature involves loyalty to such details. On the contrary, Essentialism is dedicated to the still, quiet voice inside us all, to a God who can say 'I am what I am' and hence has multiple revelations, some of which may even seem (though not be) contradictory. Loyalty to any form, be it physical or an idea, is seen as a kind of idolatry. Forms are art, not reality, from the perspective of essentialism- as such there is no harm in any good ones.

Yet, essentialism is not just going along with the ways of society, with workaholism, with prejudice, with being obsessed with acquiring more physical items for their own sake. Prosperity is for happiness, not boasting and it is open to all who sincerely wish for it. Todays possibilities of wealth for anyone are a good thing- we can all have whatever we desire- but we should be free from any pressure to be manipulated into desiring things that aren't good for us.
Essentialism aims at happiness for all. It aims to soften the heart and give to the needy. It is about the sharing of love throughout the world, not in a sentimental way, but in a real and innocent one. Essentialism is about finding our innocence again and seeing the beauty and glory of life, a life that reflects it's ultimate ruler's personality. It is about seeing the magic in the world again and valuing art, poetry, music as final ends even if they don't produce anything in their own right. Essentialism is about caring for other and helping them when we have a chance. We don't ignore another's cry of pain, but we also don't fall into the trap of believing that life is as desperate as they feel- instead, we lift them up, back to the vision of glory and help them to help themselves.

Essentialism is about helping ourselves by engaging the true power of our imaginative vision, to transform our lives and bring joy to those around us. We key into the infinite power of the universe and let it make the transformations we desire, for this is the way that God works. What we truly wish for is already ours, we simply need to go beneath the surface of impressions that others have mistakenly given us and get back to our own heart's true desires.

Essentialism is warm-hearted, non-dogmatic and non-ideological. It is based around feeling and connection, more than the power of thought alone- thought merely yet importantly sets the direction. If our minds and hearts are pure, sooner or later, heaven will assist us. This one thing is the most basic thing of all.

Love is as God is

2008-01-18T08:53:00.000+09:00

Love is as God is. I shall try and make those around me more loving, of myself and of one another, as this love is the surest path back to God, the supreme. That which endears them to me can also endear them to Him who sent me to this world. Whilst I am in the world, I shall not be of it. My task is to save people, to spread the ways and means of salvation itself.

The path of salvation is one leading to a peace that this world cannot give- a peace that defies all description. Such a heavenly peace can be apprehended by those with love in their hearts, in their eyes and flowing out of their mouths.

Salvation means to be rescued from a cold and uncaring world, a world that has lost it's values and it's moral center. Salvation is to return to the warm streams of the great, cosmic love that enfolds all things. Salvation is an opening of the door to eternal life, the key to that door being the realisation of love.

God will grant all the desires of those that truly have faith in him. Those that commune freely with pure reality will see that all their needs are met, on a moment-to-moment basis. If the ant, the fly, the sparrow and the grasses are all so intimately cared for, why would we be in any way forgotten? Our own efforts should be directed ever more towards praising God and loving His creatures, leaving him and the kingdom to look after our diverse Earthly and emotional needs.

Lest it be mistaken, the God that is best represented as a loving father is also in fact pure reality, a spirit in truth. God can be denied or ignored, but never truly forgotten- even the denial is an acknowledgment of sorts. The good feeling, the comfort of the spirit, all this is a gift from Him. Such things cannot be bought or sold and are the reward of a faithful heart.

So have faith, have love and induce others to the same. Conform no more than is neccessary to a world that has lost it's way in a vast cosmos ruled by God. All good things will come to you, as all good things will come from you- in the bosom of God's love.

Heavenly Meditations

2007-12-30T18:45:00.003+09:00

Heavenly Meditations

Glimpses of timeless, golden lands
Can be granted to the chosen few
Whose hearts are open to divine love.

In the heart of all things,
In the heart of hearts,
Lies paradise supreme.

Something that cannot be bought or sold,
Yet is free for those pure enough to see it,
A door opened by love itself.

Golden light, ethereal breezes,
Streams of beings praising the one who made them-
The divine reality behind all things.

Messages to the Universe

2007-12-30T18:45:00.001+09:00

Messages to the Universe (With thanks to Napoleon Hill!)

Work out what you would most like to accomplish or earn.
Decide what you would like to give in return, of equal value.
Write both down on a sheet of paper,
Let God and the universe arrange the rest- they will surely find a miraculous path with which to accomplish it.
Now, more than ever, we are free to choose our destiny.

Heavenly Forms

2007-12-30T18:44:00.001+09:00

Heavenly Forms

Rainbows dancing on streams, sparkling with crystals,
Intelligent flowers breathing and swaying in supernal light
Light, light, such rich and welcoming light, better than the sunshine on a beach.
Incredible assortments of beings, singing harmonic praises to God,
A total absence of fear, sadness or loneliness, as there is nothing to cause such voids.
We have a new, spiritual body with which to experience heaven’s joys.

The Cosmic Culture of Our Universe

2007-12-30T18:42:00.000+09:00

For Moments of Eternity 13/11/2007

The concept- The universe is ever-reaching towards the perfection of it’s creator, God and the means by which it does this is love, ever-greater love.

1) The power of the universe in it’s purest form is love.

2) The perfection of the present is our destined future.

3) Love is as God is, as perfection shall be.

4) The cosmic culture of the free universe is constantly celebrating of eternal life.

5) Creatures tend to evolve, leave their small pools, for the warm ocean of God’s love.

6) In each moment, universes are born, end and are born again.

7) As we search for life’s true meaning, God’s smiling spirit comforts us.

8) Deep in unconsciousness realms, our future perfection awaits it’s realisation.

9) Each time a moment is born, it brings an end to an eon- eternity is now, life is eternal.

10) No form corrupted by sin shall survive the tests of eternal time. survival is ultimately granted to the just and the decent.

11) Love is as a smile glimpsed by a twinkling eye. Ungraspable, it is born anew from moment to shining moment, expressed in seemingly endless forms.

12) All around the universe exists the cosmic culture, that great civilization, is based soundly on eternal norms. Let now the limitations of earth culture blind you to your wider heritage, one that fits you like a glove and satisfies your heart's truest desires.

13) As we see in art, dreams, stories and even nature herself, certain forms reappear through the ages, springing deep from the well of existence. Such Archetypes - and their energies- form the basis of a universe designed especially to guide us ever inwards to the Truth, in God’s great plan. Heros, saints, learners, spirals, cones, all speak of the same ancient poem, the same grand design.

14) Beyond our highest imaginings lie the dreams of angels and other great beings, right up to the creator-children who made our universe itself. Here, life begetting life is art begetting art- our finest thoughts are our truest ones.

15) Our arts are a training for this great art that awaits us- the very design and maintenance of whole universes, from dust seen in a twinkling eye.

16) If money makes this world go around, Love keeps it alive.

17) Whenever heaven touches Earth with her loving finger-tips, another beauteous moment is born anew. Heaven changes the Earth, but the Earth changes not heaven- for the Earth is a mere grain of sand, floating in Heaven's vast reaches. The love for a child never ceases, despite it's misbehavior- but how much effective that love can be with a child who listens with rapt attention!.

18) Beauty is all around us, all within us, flowing eternally. All things are beauty, when cleansed of their misconceptions.

19) Now we grasp to understand the beauty around us and bathe in it’s tranquil light. Yet, tomorrow, we too shall help in the creation of such things, in ever-closer co-operation with the Cosmic Father of us all.

20) Life is a search for the perfection of every person and every thing, in which the only road home leads back to our Creator- to our father- to God.

Sayings from Above

2007-12-29T23:07:00.000+09:00

I- Added on 4/22/07

(Note- These sayings are ever-edited, to improve their clarity of transmission)

Nothing banishes fear like a warm smile.

The secret history of kindness lives forever.

When men discovered airplanes, they forgot how to fly.

Cherish the light within you most.

Lies flee when the truth appears.

Angels guard us in constancy.

Small though we are, we’re as important as the entire universe.

The greatest truth is the one we find ourselves.

If you let it, the sun will kiss you.

Live life as if today was you last.

Heaven falls to earth as a flower-petal.

God’s very being is His love.

Whenever we bless another, we bless ourselves as well.

Let God heal you, by making you feel at home.

II- Added on 5/20/07

The darkness we really fear is that within ourselves.

The only thing we really fear is our own dark imaginings.

Yet Angels of mercy guide us on the paths of light.

In faith is a life which resurrects those parts of us trapped by sin.

Sin hurts us- that outside of us can do no lasting harm.

Faith in God is the surest protection from sin of all.

Guardian angels watch us every step of the way- that invisible footprint following ours is of them.

God to Gods to Creator-Sons to Angels to Messiahs… for we are never alone.

Eternity stretches as far above us as within us… the endless spirals of life in life.

III- Added on 5/31/07

Mysteries of existence-

Why did God make the world with so much more beauty than we can possibly comprehend?

Why do so few people find the time to relax and enjoy the beauty of the world, when it is all around them?

With imagination, man can make a heaven of hell... or a hell of heaven.

(to be continued...)

Salvic Love

2007-11-20T20:21:00.002+09:00

Recently, I have encountered the great ocean of salvic love- the love of Salvation. Out of time, it reaches into my life from the greater lands of life eternal. In the beautiful trees, the breeze rustling through them- the great sunset, spread across the sky like a cosmic fire-flower, the warm feelings we hold for one another. This love is so intense, it literally sweeps me up and heals me, right to the core. It is the love of God, it is the love underlying all that we know or could know. Perhaps it is the love that Jesus speaks of. It is like bathing in a warm ocean of light. It just is- and it knows and respects that I am, too, welcoming me into it's endless depths.

Sailing on Cosmic Seas

2007-07-07T23:17:00.000+09:00

Introduction

Glancing at the scientific table of elements, one wonders how the Grand Universe was made from things so small. Then, one realises- even the smallest of things is infinite.

When the first life was seeded on our planet, in that wondrous explosion as the comet hit- imagine the light created! Every day, with the Dawn-breaking of our nearest star, that moment happens anew.

The Light

Sailing cosmic seas between planets, we approach the guiding spirits of the architectural worlds, most especially Edentia. Lifeline to the cosmic source and light of the ages to those great spirits who design and maintain the vast creation, acting co-creationally with The Father with their great degree of knowledge and wisdom, bringing light and truth to lesser beings than themselves to just the necessary degree.

Truth-forgers who devote their lives to purifying and cleansing themselves, to inviting the divine will to manifest itself clearly through them, such will be touched by the gentle and loving manner in which the Great Father maintains the created universes, ensuring carefully, yet utterly effortlessly that-

* Everything has the opportunity to grow into the fullest realisation of it's inner blueprint
* Nothing that might be too overwhelming is revealed, or even experienced by an evolving being. That which comes to each individual is something that they are ready for, that which is revealed is that which they can comprehend, or at least in some way integrate with their previous experiences.
* The overall balance of the cosmos is maintained despite allowing for such disturbances that are necessitated by the providence of free will, to all of God's creatures in the created order of the cosmos.
* The seeming contradictions inherent in this arrangement are perfectly, flawlessly and ultimately resolved by the divine intelligence, which can anticipate all possibilities through awareness of all potentialities, Needless to say, such knowledge is rationed out to evolving beings and even immortal personalities on the basis of their neccessity to know, level of curiosity and degree of comprehension. It is on a 'need to know' basis'. For the universe is far more than a flatland or holographic reality. In fact, it is a multi-dimentional field of evolving experiences, in which all beings find their way back to their original source.

Life's Adventure

In all of this, life is not just the learning experiences predicated by the traditions of the academic field. It is a great, vast adventure, in which all the answers are as yet unrevealed, all the questions not yet answered and the final end- a climax of unprecedented beauty and intensity- has yet to be experienced by the evolving soul.

In the Heart

2007-06-15T16:13:00.001+09:00

Recently a change came over me. I prayed to God, directly and said. "You say so often that you are waiting for an invitation to come into people's hearts- well here I am, come into mine". With that, I felt that a new spirit did come into my heart. I felt stronger and I also felt part of a chain stretching back through history to even pre-Egyptian times. The world around us is very real ands at this moment I felt it is quite manageable.

I looked around and sensed guardian angels watching over people, though undetected by them. Watching, feeling, caring, keeping them out of dangers that they don't even know exist. I was being shown something- something of the angelic kingdom. I also noticed that one, especially sensitive and warm teacher is being prepared for great things to come.

This one prayer didn't exhaust it's potential at this sitting. The next few days new thoughts occurred to me that had never done before. I pictured the world as after all, quite a small place, but one hotly contested by spiritual powers. I really understood somewhat the hollow victory that belongs to those who are less than righteous, however rich they may be. I say the riches that good people obtain, the riches that are called heavenly, that may also include Earthly aspects. Most of all, I realised that the idea that there are countless people in the world is a very wrong one. No- the amount of people is very much a finite, countable amount. Each one is an individual, each one is, to the extent their attitude makes it possible, being watched over by guardian angels and beyond. Each one is led on paths of truth and distracted by temptations.

Granted, this sounds like just the stuff that religions are made of, but suddenly and unsurprisingly, it was very clear to me. There are not as many fuzzy, random events going on as I had thought- the significance going back to people's choices.It is quite a revelation, but if I am to speak to people, to speak to many people, over a long period of time, then I had better be aware of where they are at, of what will be most relevant to them.

For the war in the heavens, though already won by the forces of goodness, is a very real one. It affects so much that happens here. It all comes back to our personal choices. God forces no-one to believe in or follow him. He wants them to chose for themselves. The feeling in my heart, I can attest, is so much better than before. Such is the teaching of Starfire.

Towards a Fuller Life

2007-06-15T11:43:00.000+09:00

First of all, it's important to realise that taking steps towards a fuller life is something we have to decide for ourselves. All around us are negative influences, dragging us down like gravity. We have to have a foil for these, a means of resistance. This is the immense power of our own positive focus. The universe around us is infinite, infinitely variable, though we may just see a portion around us. Thus, we can always have open to us this view that the universe is mostly good, that we are free, that we are safe. Then we can start to enjoy life more.

First of all, we need to always be aware of the beauty around us. It is the way this world was meant to be, right from the start. Amazingly beautiful, take-your-breath-away beautiful. This may be a rarely held view on this planet, but rest assured that it is the universal norm, to have this feeling of thankfulness. Secondly, we have to appreciate just how many wonderful things have been given us. Our partners and friends. Our 'things' that we enjoy, and just this wonderful world to live in. Thirdly (not in this order, necessarily), we need to love those around us with a heart-aching tenderness. In contradiction to commonly-held views, there are really not quite so many people in existance that we can take anyone forgranted. Each person is unique and special, even the ones who are living in as way we would rather they didn't. As a person, they are precious and worthy of love.

Finally, we need to realise that nothing ever stays still- we grow or we decay. Hence the need to always be open to beauty, compassion, love- the human core of what often seems to be an animalistic existance. As we grow, we learn and as we learn, we grow and this is a source of great happiness. Let us grow together, in the spirit of love.

Amen.

A Message From God to Humanity

2007-05-25T21:28:00.000+09:00

"I won't let one little creature suffer in vain, none shall perish from my broad Earth without my consent. I watch over all, over all I watch just as the shepherd his sheep, just as the night watchman his tasked properties. There is no minute in which I blink, missing what occurs- all I see and all I know. My concern is for all who shelter under my broad skies. All I love, not just the few, although some may indeed know me in their hearts better than others do.

I wish for you all to develop the sensitivity I gave you- the sensitivity with which you were born. This is my message, the message of the eons, the message that my faithful creatures and messengers have ever conveyed, including the one currently speaking as he types.

I wish you to develop all that is highest in you- every highest urge- for in this, in this sentience, in this compassion, you reveal how I have set you up as greater than any animal. You can appreciate great beauty, the more you notice, the more you shall notice. You can feel great warmth and love for one another- and this type of feeling will make you feel good like none other. your satisfaction is already clear to you- in loving and in serving others can you be who you really are and in doing so you inevitably serve me.

Love me as I love you- I love as a father, yet you may well love as a child. a child with much to learn, yet in your image like me, your father. In your capacity for this greatest of all miracles- the ability to love- you are indeed like me. Think of quality, not quantity and the truth will be yours. The more you love me, the less you will fear me- that's the way it works. Yet as your love fades, so your fear may well rise- as anything is better to me than apathy. Yet it is your love I wish for, not your fear, though in the religions of the world I see so much of the latter, it saddens me that you cannot always find my better way to be good. Give from wanting to, not from fear of what will happen if you don't. Give freely, as I have given to you.

In an hour you cannot expect, I may well test you- and you may well have the sense that I am doing just that. My test is no more cruel or unnecessary than that of your schoolmasters, yet if your faith is steady you will 'pass' every test and will never be punished for failing one. Better still, those that pass shall enjoy the wonders of the next grade, wonders incomparably better than what preceded them- so such tests are in fact in your interest!

I have always, will always and am right now speaking through my appointed messengers. If you wish to know who is really a chosen messenger and who just wants to be one, test by the kindness and deep, searching truth of the message. Those that are of me do this for me, not for themselves and their messages are ever-brimming with authentic hope, though also laden with warnings of what could go wrong if an unfaithful path is followed. My prophets do not simply say what will happen- they lead by saying what may well happen, depending upon the choices made. Many a tragedy has thus been averted- hence my chosen system of lifting up the pure to lead humanity from me, not necessarily those already holding the reins of political or other powers. Mine are the pure, the humble, the meek, the kind, the patient, the loving, the lovable. You will know those who are of me. Just ask your heart. You will know".

Relationship with Nature

2007-05-20T09:53:00.000+09:00

The main problem today is that man’s relationship with the Earth is out of whack. This being our mother, everything can be traced to this- hence the many distortions and perversions we find, coming from not being in harmony with wider nature.

To be part of the solution- Get back in touch with Mother Nature, lead a life with sane, natural rhythms. It is never too late to try and your heart will thank you for it no end!

The Need for True Religion

2007-05-20T09:26:00.001+09:00

I am starting to realise the reason for religion coexisting with us since the beginning of time. Now, I am really talking about ‘good’ religion, spirituality, religion like Jesus had. On the one hand it gives us a sense of comfort to know that an eternal father is there, looking out for us. Immanent, yet eternal, he is always there when we need him, with needs he can anticipate. What better way to go through life?

Then, it also helps us understand the way things are. Cosmologies explain the nature of creation, the realities of the rebellion and it’s ultimate defeat by God in the appointed time. The vastness of the universe, something we can see in the beautiful nature around us, is also thereby depicted. It helps us to see the forest for the trees. Also, we can learn our grand, inspiring destiny; to ultimately dwell with God on high.

Thirdly, it guards against demons- spirits outside of us and also our own inner demons. It emphasizes all that is best, most generous, most kind in us and brings it to the surface. It emphatically rejects the deceits or curiosities of our weaker, undeveloped elements. If we ever wonder what is really right, dynamic religion, through our conscience, can tell us. This is an immensely important function, as without it there is a strong possibility of nihilism blurring our definition of good and evil a la Nietzsche. We need to have a sense that helping others and being kind is the central way of the universe. This is in accord with Holy Scriptures and hence in accord with God’s will.

God does have a will- the universe and the moral field is defined. Life is not just an existential experiment in which we find everything out by trial and error. By following God- our conscience, our inner messenger- we go the right way. That inner voice will never leave us and will always guide us back to the path of righteousness. God came as a human just to show us how possible that is- to help without being overbearing, to worship in a spirit of love and freedom- to have real values, even in a world where many falsehoods are mistakenly elevated and advertised as attractive. This is true values, authentic attractiveness; a wholesome food for the soul.

Some may not like the word religion, even with the defining word ‘true’ before it. But I am speaking more about a personal experience of God and God’s glory than any established, organized system of ritualistic blessings. In a more dynamic, responsive faith that is in touch with God on an individual level. Finding a God ever around us who we can simply become more aware of, more faithful in, more responsive too, as we see him more. God is a verb as well as a noun. In us he becomes flesh again.

This is the hole, the inspiration, the glory, that saves us from manifold mistakes. In this we find true love, the source of our hearts desiring. This restored faith can give us hope, can set us free from the web of falsehood that threatens us. It’s the true happiness that no billboard advertises.

Praise the Heavenly Father

Amen.

What Makes Me Sad

2007-05-20T08:29:00.000+09:00

It truly makes me sad to see how people get caught up in conflict and violence- they dehumanize one another and treat each other as enemies, when really they could all be friends. If we shared what we have and looked after one another’s needs- emotional as well as economic- we could have a far more peaceful world. We waste so much energy on conflict, on arguing about beliefs, on misinterpreting one another’s words, when it is all so unnecessary.

People seek explanations of evil- they blame erroneous beliefs, bad attitudes, and even spiritual beings taking over weakened minds. All of this has some truth- but ultimately it is us- the conscious us who decides. If we forgo selfishness and start to think more of how we can look after one another, then we can find our true happiness. A hungry man is an angry man- and a loving, loved man can never feel hungry again.

The Urantia Book makes very clear the difference between evil and sin. Evil is a misconstrued attitude to the universe- it is usually found in ignorance. Hence the many evils of a developing country, the corruption, the bribes, the lack of justice- all accepted as a way of life by the otherwise smiling locals. Sin is quite different- giving in to temptation to try for some false goal- this is the realm of twisted thinking, of willfully doing wrong. This can only be cleansed by spiritual means, not just by a good education. When a being slips from evil into conscious sin, he is surely in trouble. The problem of religion is sin, not evil. This is why we will always need religion in some form or other, even when obvious evils are finally scarce to find.

There is a dignity in this- that here we really do have a choice. By following God’s will- the voice of the Higher Reality that we are truly a part of- we can live life of virtue, as partners with eternity. We will then never lust or long for more than we have, as we then have everything- we even are everything. Our power is to share in God’s power, not to seek to lord over others. We seek to be the servants of others, just as they serve us, all of us looking after one another in the great cosmic communion of Love.

The Messiah

2007-04-16T10:48:00.000+09:00

Part I- Who Was the Messiah?

I

The Messiah, the anointed one, is someone whom the ancient Hebrews, amongst others, had been awaiting for centuries.

There was hope that his coming would herald victory over their worldly and national troubles, yet despite this materialistic dream, the true victory is a spiritual event- then, as now, as it ever shall be in the endless worlds of the Creation.

II

When Jesus did come, he offered not the usual murky spells of religion, but a crystal clear and unending steam of religious truth, which is synonymous with pure love.

His aim was not simply to establish a new religion on the foundation of the old, but to reassert the truths that Judaism had long ago been based upon. He was making the ancient mysteries public for the first time. To do so required an utterly original teaching that could unify the deeply personal experience of God with social realities.

Jesus traveled widely, far more widely than The New Testament, as it has come down to us might seem to suggest. He dwelt long in the lands of the east, in places such as Egypt and Tibet, where he learning from the children of creation the mysteries of that creation, just as we do. The famous three wise men were not the only Masters to have a role in the upbringing of this uniquely gifted child…

III

Even now we can see that those truest to Christ's ideal can be Easterners as much as those of the West, from Gandhi to Mother Theresa, to the Dalai Lama. This, the greatest religious event of human history, belongs to no one religion, much less any particular group of people.

Part II- What Did the Messiah Teach?

IV

Jesus, as a divine incarnation of The Eternal All, was utterly in tune with what this Eternal All Is and was thus uniquely qualified to reveal this knowledge. Mortal words are insufficient to portray this; yet, out of respect for our languages, so did he teach. Yet he knew, more than any, the supreme truth of action.

Jesus’ acts were not limited to the miracles, though these have long proved impressive, to minds that hunger for evidence of eternal power. His indelible fingerprint was that everyday gift of love, forgiveness, compassion, which he showed even in the smallest of ways. Those who had sinned were forgiven and sent forth to sin no more.

For the selfishness of sin brings the curse of death, by denying the very unity of life; whilst true love is life itself, freeing that great Self within us all. Such is his teaching. In his love, he gave his very life for us, despite our many sins.

V

By unveiling the mysteries of rebirth, in which we must lose our lives to gain them; in even giving his own self in such a way of selfless sacrifice; Jesus showed us the supreme path- of living for others without a thought for ourselves. In so doing, the old being must perish, to be born anew in unimaginable glory, just as the butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis.

We caterpillars are all butterflies at heart, if we but enter the chrysalis of love and contemplation. As delicate, sensitive and sentient beings, our food for this is not just green leaves, but also that of the fresh spirit, which can be seen with newly opened eyes.

VI

Messiahs come whenever they are needed, to set us free from unliftable burdons, to light the path of truth. From the great silence, in the anticipation of our darkest and most challenging epoch, will come the Teacher of Love to guide us through it, to make it through the change to the other side.

Some day; if that day has not already come; shall appear the great Lord Matreiya, to show us the way from turmoil to peace, from a merely worldly to a spiritual understanding, descending for us from heaven in the greatest, deepest, glory and with the peace that heaven knows best. He will come when we are ready to understand what he has for us, when our accumilated power reaches such proportions as to be a danger to ourselves without proper guidance and supervision. He will teach us where to go from here- yet, as ever, though his mission cannot fail, it will be up to each of us as individuals whether we listen to what he has to say.

Science needs to be balanced with a truly religious love, with morality and an awe for what we encounter. With his eternally-wise words, speaking like the voice of many waters, the voice of the ancient of Days, he will restore our balance and remind us, that we are but children, children who should obey their Heavenly Father, whose love they can ever trust.

VII

The coming reign of God's spirit- of a time when people see reality as it is, unstained by illusions- shall usher in the reign of the spirit, where in understanding and justice the, "lion shall lie down with the lamb and war be studied no more". As ever, our greatest obstical; the mountain which God's grace enables us to move; is our own selfish arrogance- and our finest hope, overcoming it to make a world in which we live for one another, just as was planned in Eden all along- in harmony with a very cosmic civilisation!

Thus may humankind and our home the Earth take it's destined place in the celestial order, that vast family of planets, that lives as one for all and all for one, freely under The Father. Our home shall be no strange place to us- it will be filled with our deepest dreams.

THE END, of THE BEGINNING
of THE BEGINNING

A Hymn to Life's Joy

2007-04-16T09:44:00.000+09:00

There are so many choices, under this broad sky, with the love of our Father in Heaven to guide us. We often fear which way to choose, but there are really so many ways to live our life, with so many bright and wonderful experiences awaiting us. The universe is a school, with playgrounds to lighten it.

Here, we learn values: patience, kindness, temperance and compassion. We feel good when we care for others and our conscience troubles us when we make those mistakes that matter most. We learn the value, the total reality of love; a love which fills all things with the warmth and meaning of life itself. We learn of one another, especially of how to care for another sensitive, sentient being, with needs just like our own, but at any time different ones. We learn what real happiness is and how inexorably bound up it is with consideration for others.

All of this is sweetened by millions of beautiful play-things, just as rainbows follow rain. Walking, I see flowers spread perfume into the air and bright colours across the ground: birds sing sweetly, filling the skies with delicate music. Below us, the seas hold amazing life, from sunny tropical fish to the gigantic squid of the depths- whilst above, a plethora of planets and nebulae revolve, awaiting our discovery. Truly, this is a wonderful world, in a marvellous universe. To all this, our most natural response is thankfulness, praise-

Praise of the Heavenly Father who gave us all this,
Praise of the Eternal One, who could bring forth such wonders,
Thankfulness that He, in His grace, allows us to be co-creators,
Experiencing this fantastic universe as something of ourselves.

A personal experience, this life,
A joy granted equally to myriad beings-
To wisely choose our path through so many experiences,
Back to our Eternal Father, our God in Heaven.

Amen

God's Love and The Long Struggle

2007-04-09T19:51:00.000+09:00

I- God is Love

God is love. Love is God.

To love God with all our hearts, we must love one another

In our faithfulness to love, we find our true selves.

The absence of love is perceived as hate, just as light is perceived as darkness.

The light of love is born anew, whenever we embrace our true existence.

Nothing pure can be twisted- yet eternal truths vanish from the sight of the blind.

Death is the end of one state and the birth of another, even if it cannot yet be seen. The lost caterpillar will yet emerge from his chrysalis.

II- The Long Struggle

A struggle is ever afoot in the human heart, as the powers of light and darkness vie for control there.

Darkness attempts to maximize it’s conquests in the sphere of time, for in the expanse of eternal life, of mythic time, it has already been defeated.

This struggle must needs be experienced and won by a conscious, moral choice. Even if the victory is assured, through love it must be chosen.

There are two sides to experiencing love- its light fulfillment and the heavy frustration when things don’t go our way.

Love is only the real experience we can have.

Sakura blossoms are like love- light and joyful, soon to fade away, yet ever to return.

Love as a thought is steady in its state. Love as an experience is dynamic, ever-changing.

By seeking the very best we can conceive, our noblest instincts, we find something far, far greater.

III- The Paths of Life

We live in a universe of many choices. We can think creative or destructive thoughts of the same things.

One branch in the path leads to life, the other to death. We commit ourselves, moment by moment, to either force.

When we follow our true desires, we chose love every time.

In the broad ways of the world, there are many paths of confusion, yet a narrow one of truth.

Salvation rescues us from the erring ways of the world, through the very grace of God's eternal love.

The very journey of salvation is showered in the blessings of arrival.

God’s love is in the world, yet not of it.

Love follows the values of gentleness, long-suffering, compassion, grace. It may influence the worldly ways of profit, but it has quite different values.

IV- Revelation

Now we will reveal the truth: You are love, in as much as you are a dewdrop of creation.

You have the eternal powers to create whole worlds, deep inside you, just as does your true Father.

Universe upon universe, world upone world, we refine our abilities towards this glorious end.

To be co-partakers in creation and eventually creators ourselves, we find our way to our destiny.

This spiritual evolution, in the many schools of life, is apposite to any concept of power over others.

We see power for others, to transcend this selfish phase to one of total selflessness.

We give, as the tree supports the birds, as the suns support whole worlds, we too focus our love to give light to others.

This is the true path eternal, the path we glimpse and taste even now.

In The eternal present, now and forever.

Amen.

A Prayer For Steadiness in Virtue

2007-04-09T19:44:00.000+09:00

In a world scarred by fear and indifference,
The joys of the moment seem passing follies.

We have to ask- where does the true reality
Begin and end?

Are our joys illusionary, or is that our sufferings?
Why oh why do bad things happen under the golden sun?

The answer, my friend, is undoubtedly simple:
Demonic influence- willing embraced by fools.

Nothing but good enters the world from God’s will,
To be twisted by the jealous, bitter will of Satan’s.

God’s power is omnipresent, yet asks for faith to act.
Satan’s dark will requires minions to follow.

If no-one, anywhere, would give aid to Satan,
His ability to act would be utterly curtailed.

Such is the way of a free-will universe,
Where we humans choose to worship God and find safety in Him.

II

All sin is consciously chosen,
However bizarre that might seen

Yet much evil is subconscious, habitual, ignorant.
Sin begets evil, makes it worse.

Virtue sets in habits of goodness, gentleness,
A passion for helping others.

Here is the key, for those who wish to be good-
Be virtuous, light and children of the clouds.

For then evil will stay far from you,
Along with the temptations to do such wickedness as it plots.

What bothers me the most is not suffering the ill will of others,
But myself falling into such worldly ways.

I know that angels and demons are all real, very real,
They influence the ways of men, even they see such spirits not.

We chose, yet we also follow the guidance of spirits,
Entrusted long ago with guarding this Earth from the mistakes of her children.

No spirit came here but by God’s will.
The evil ones rebelled, yet were somehow able to stay.

For a loving God finds it hard to summarily punish wrongdoers,
He wishes more for their repentance and thus grants them time.

III

Time, time; a breath in eternity.
So much can happen in this temporal realm.

How to think of, understand this great mystery?
I pray to you God, for this...

Keep me safe from the ways of the Babylon’s Whore
Keep my faith to you intact

Warn me before I slide to sinful temptations,
So I know better than to thwart your will.

Please forgive my many sins in though, word and deed,
Help me to be true to you.

Help our hearts, our thoughts to be pure and selfless
Help us always to do the greater good for all.

As it was, is now and ever shall be. Worlds without end,
Amen

Walking With God

2007-03-31T00:38:00.000+09:00

As we walk, we hear God’s voice in birdsong,
Passing flowers show His face,
With the fragrance of His presence.

This is of the oldest stories
Something Man found true each generation,
Just as we do now.

So seek beyond the busy world,
Where men and machines seek endless progress.
Seek God’s kingdom, here and now.

This world around us is a flower-garden,
A place designed from the start,
As a home for God and us to share.

Walking with children, Walking with elders,
Strolling, in the sun and the breeze
Feeling the peace of completion all around us.

So let us walk together, in God’s garden,
You and I
And God

Time and Opportunity

2007-03-25T13:41:00.000+09:00

All things in the universe have their proper time and place. When all is in accord, we have goodness- evil is when things are out of balance. Our cultures seek to define good and evil based around patterns recognised in this- evil being harmful action, sin being ‘wilfully’ harmful. The essence of timing is a primal law which, once discovered, leads to a full understanding of what is the right thing to do at any given time. It can indeed be discovered through the divine agency of our deepest instincts, whose urgings can guide us flawlessly on this path, or back onto it if we should stray from it.

God has not left us alone. Contrary to certain popular misconceptions, our very deepest urgings are those in tune with the divine, whilst more surface imaginings tend to distract from it. In this way we can know that we truly have a divine nature and origin, even if our surface personalities often fail to reflect this accurately.

Just as a tree is distorted by ripples in a pond, so also our inherent nature is often obscured by who we appear to be. We may often feel that what we do is not the real us, that we are trapped by habits, by fears of change, that keep us ‘in check’.Yet, the difficult thing here is that, from a more direct perspective, we are what we do… fallen or risen, our actions, that which we chose, define us. It is up to us whether or not we live up to the divine blueprint, it is up to us whether we attain to the holiness for which we were designed.

The joy of victory...
The agony of defeat.

These emotional states define all of human existence, they form the very pathways of moral and spiritual progress.
The seed of man must grow in it’s fullness, it is worthless lain dormant.
It grows through efforts, through righteous, self-sacrificing efforts, guided by right understandings.
As you may have guessed by now, there is far more at stake than mere clever understandings of the workings of the universe- more than a cynical appreciation of the ways of the world.
Such adaptations may well bring some semblance of comfort, yet they can also lead to shallow pools of the spirit in which inspiration is ever harder to find.
We are defined by our highest urgings, by following the same…
We can only truly do this if we are sincere.

God sees into our hearts, he sees the impulse behind the action, the true intentions.
He is not fooled by pious words and deceptive ways.

God sees truth. God awakens truth in us.
Truth is an action, truth is a way of being and doing. Truth is what really is, shorn of attendant illusions.
Truth is that tree seen clearly,
Which of course implies that truth is in accord with a whole host of other attributes that we value-
Beauty,
Clarity,
Glory,
Success,
Harmony
Valuable-ness.

When we appreciate just how important Truth is, and how closely related it is to our own sincerity (a point both obvious and easily overlooked)… far more so than to coldly discovered laws. For God has enough power to rescue our sincere intentions from the dark ways of the world and see them bear their intended fruit, however far in the future this may be.

For no good sincere word is ever forgotten,
No kind deed overlooked,
No heartfelt sigh unheard,
No helpful smile ignored.

So, contrary to the ways of the world, we can see that the ultimate victory is that of kindness. Kindness is not ever failing, being merely temporarily suppressed by the foolishness of the crude.

A spiritual victory may or may not translate into a material one. Yet it is an essential victory. Good comes of it, at times a good we can scarcely see. So here we come to the crux of our point… a point concerning the valuableness of sincerity, even in a world in which such sincerity might seem silly or foolish or even naive and childish…

Sincerity is always reflective of the good in us, or it is not our real sincerity at all…

AND

Sincerity always bears good fruits, better, more luscious ones than those of merely ‘good habits’.

So let us dare to be sincere, dare to care and to show our love in appropriate, yet significant ways.

Despair not, it is possible to be good in the world, if we time our goodness to appropriate manners of expression, appropriate to our position, relative to where we are.

Happiness, that which we want most of all, comes from goodness and goodness from sincerity.
We help ourselves the most when we are true to ourselves, when we help others the most.

It’s a beautiful simplicity, one which should inspire in us hope and faith.

Amen.

Taking Up the Cause of God

2007-02-26T14:38:00.000+09:00

Let me take up the cause of Eternal God, Lord of the Universe.

For does Satan not already have enough followers, in the false churches and boardrooms of the lands?

Let someone take up God’s cause,

To speak words of justice, righteousness and truest love.

Let me be one of his loyal servants.

It says as first commandment- “Love the Lord Your God with all of your heart and all of your soul”

Yet such love is given more commonly to Mammon, Maya, the host of myriad things.

Such has been the way for Millennia and will not quickly change.

I shall elucidate the situation in the following, so that those who wish to know may do so,

That we are forever called away from our selfish wills and into God’s whole one,

So that the very meaning of life may be made clear.

The Nature of The Rebellion
For the very beginning, when God breathed life into spirit-beings

It was clear that they would be encouraged, but not compelled to do His will,

To co-operate in the ordering of the unfolding Cosmos.

Great angels were given tasks in the measure of their granditude.

The joy and love this filled them with- joys and loves beyond the sphere of our imagining,

Was reward enough, as they gave more, so dids’t God’s spirit fill them with more to bestow.

The reward was in the action, a thing they understood not just philosophically, but in their experience from, one moment to the next,

As the assisted in the building of worlds and the administering of divine civilisations thereon

So is the vast Super-Temple of the Cosmos, the 7 universes as ordered by God, where freedom reigns throughout.

Yet for one higher angel, the joy of serving gave way to the search for other pleasures,

The desire to replace by denial the God from whom his powers and joys had come.

He would declare himself Lord, not content with his already lofty status as System Sovereign and claim the real God as simply non-existent.

Other angels followed, seduced by promises of greater power and the deceit that power over others is somehow greater than that spent in loving service.

Hence the problems in our planet and local system started, it’s administrative government corrupted, only to be fully replaced with the coming of Christ some 2,000 years ago, whist still much power is in the wrong hands.

Hence a situation that many mistake for the reluctance of God to solve our imminent problems, really one in which the powers originally granted to the rebellious angels and since thoroughly twisted by them into unrecognisable forms cannot simply just be taken away but rather need to be dealt with by divinely-loyal angels in the appropriate manner.

For God is a God of relatives, not one of absolutes- for in absolutes there can be no freedom, whereas in relatives there are infinite opportunities for various experiences.

To be Aligned with God

So, to align ourselves with God is to align ourselves with infinite rather than occasionally awesome and shocking powers that are simply finite. It is to align ourselves with selfless goodness, not with tactical and misleading displays of seeming good intentions.

It is a path to our true perfection whether or not we simply seek it- for any level of mind or intention can be a good one so long as we are enveloped in the will of The Divine.

It is a path that has it’s own hidden teachings, but no secret ones, all things being gradually revealed as the time is right, so as to enrich our hearts without confusing or controlling them.

Irony of ironies, our true freedom is in serving Him who made us, not in seeking to do simply as we please, except in the many cases in which the two naturally co-incide.

For The Lord, creator and Lord of nature just as much as of us, does not contradict such natures as we have but reveals their true meanings to those ready to know of them.

Service to Others and Self-Maintenance

Whilst God does NOT want us to turn our powers over to the rebellious ones, neither does he want us to tie them up and become ‘little people’ incapable of happiness or self-expression. Our sacrifice is not of our nature or of happiness- God is a liberating God, as any giver-of life must needs be.

Let not the various mis-representations of divinity blind you to the actuality of the divine love and grace in it’s true and gloriously generous form.

Any sacrifices asked of us are in the name of a higher liberation and a higher joy. Any sufferings are unintended consequences of ours or other’s sins.

Higher worlds of indescribable beauty and joy await us on the path of angelic and God-perfection. These are just as real as our own and in terms of their clear revelation, even more so.

Yet even so, God wants us to be free to enjoy the life we have now, a freedom that can only come from following Him and thinking for ourselves that this is the way to go.

Hence the bizarre phenomenon (from a believer’s perspective) that a wise atheist is so much closer to the path of Truth than a deluded theist. Such is the unfortunate spread of false ideas pertaining to God.

The description is not the described.

Any story concerning god that contradicts His basic benevolent attributes is a false one- in this manner and with the aid of god’s Holy Spirit, can you discern the true from the false.

The powers of our mind and that of cosmic mind go together- to reach just for one is a path of delusion and the source of many a false teaching, with all the pain and suffering they cause.

The rational and the divine go together, science and art/religion are friends.

God reveals to those who seek, so seek and you shall find.

Our own life is the path to transcendence, we are given none other. So make the most of it.

Paths to Transcendence

God has revealed many of these both to us and our forefathers-

Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, Worship, Melodic Music, Art, Nature-appreciation, Delicious foods, Exercise, Helping others

None is above any other, yet some depend on one another, whilst some may suit some natures more than others will.

It may be seen the masters of many of these forms, let us call them ‘true arts’ for now, have often come from the most humble of backgrounds, or have abandoned the ways and customs of higher ones.

Let this be further evidence of God’s omnipresence, that he is just as real to those below us as to those level as above. He is quite simply everywhere, all of the time.

The many-armed or eyed Eastern deities are a visual allusion to this, however grotesque they may at first appear to Western eyes.

Everybody seeks transcendent experience, the question being how safe and authentic ones can be offered.

For there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in our philosophies- a fact known deep in our hearts.

The societies of the future won’t just provide avenues for transcendence, they will fully emphasise them, yet they always need be balanced by the mundane realities of Earthly Existence.

For now, we should seek our spiritual food, whilst making sure that it of the nutritious thought.

Growth- The True Liberation

2006-12-02T14:54:00.000+09:00

Today, I’d like to speak about growth, about how growth leads not only to ever-greater levels of liberation, but also to greater responsibilities. How can this be so? How can we be freed by the seeming ‘chains’ of responsibility? Really, this question leads us into the area of examining what true liberation really is and of what it means to be liberated.

It isn’t, as some might think, mere licence to do ‘whatever we feel like doing’ It is freedom to be who we really are- beings of vast cosmic love and responsibility. A chance to throw off the shackles of false premises that actually limit such growth, binds of illusion that mask our true and glorious nature. We are not, ultimately, the limited beings we might seem to be. We are fashioned in the patterns of eternity, with access to limitless energy and endless intelligence.

This fact establishes quite clearly that in the liberation of our true selves much more is freed than the mere satisfaction of our temporal desires, however relevant they may be to our more limited ‘selves’. It is something to cherish and wonder at. Truly, the more we do, the more we can do!

A Hymn to Cosmic Tranquility

2006-12-02T14:34:00.000+09:00

We hail you,
Oh Lord of the great milk-ocean,
Keeper of the seven great tidal paths,
Who guides us along the universal currents
To our destination

Lord of fate,
Who decides what is probable
Yet in his graciousness lets us decide what is possible
Through the great unveiling of laws
In the tide of progress.

In the harmony of the universal centre
We find the patterning of mind
The warmth of unity
In your embryonic centre
The dwelling-place of truth.

So please let our cosmic sailing
Come without danger
Lets the creatures of deep-space be unoffended
By our momentary intrusions
Into their domains.

Nurturing

2006-11-14T16:03:00.001+09:00

How is it, to help a civilisation to evolve? Well, it is something like watching a flower grow. It gradually unfolds in ever-greater beauty. Seen quickly, this process is smooth and effortless; baring unforseen extremities of weather, it is inevitable. Civilisation and it's development has a similar, smooth inevitability to it. Yet seen up close, and more slowly, it is the story of countless struggles, often in an unsure enviroment. Progress seems far from guaranteed- which is where faith comes in- faith that divine guidance and protection will render all the obsticals mere harmless distractions from the path to grand futures.

A Prayer For Appreciation

2006-10-02T15:50:00.000+09:00

On the wings of angels, you saved us
Today, just as down through the ages, as we trust you always will.
You saved us from the laws of the universe,
From the bacteria and insects, which we still fear the most,
From the laws of ‘survival of the fittest’, that could have crushed our spirit,
From the laws of our own societies, when their letter proved tyrannous.

You saved us- not to suffer,
But for greater joys.
Waterfalls, streams, rainbows,
Mountains, jungles, Canyons,
For the animals a home, for us a gallery,
The beauty of creation is all around us.

In awakening our very knowledge of it, you saved us,
In sending countless prophets and artists
Who prod us and shock us to wakefulness,
You save us.
From the dirty pools of trapped water that fears the rush of living streams.
From the dullness of a sleeping mind.

So God, please hear our prayer
Thank you for the beautiful varied world around us
Thank you for the gifts of safety and prosperity
Thank you for reminding us in trillions of ways…
To be thankful to you for all that we have,
For all that you have given us through your Grace.

Amen

A Prayer for Forgiveness

2006-09-29T10:58:00.000+09:00

This is a prayer for forgiveness
A prayer to bring our hearts from bitterness to the sweetness of Your Love
That we remember the words of Jesus when confronted by ignorance and unfairness, for
‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do’.

Help us to forgive, to return to the path You set out for us,
One by winding, ever-flowing streams of life,
Streams of fresh and glowing water, that trickle with joy and intelligence,
Streams that flow with the purist reality of Your love.

For Your trickling stream never gets muddied in dirty gullies,
It looks neither back nor forward, just flowing eternally onwards
With the force of grace, judging not those around it
Only wishing their return to it's source.

So Father, please help us, through mighty angels,
To achieve this most transcendent act- to truly forgive our wrongdoers,
To show our trust in divine consolations,
Your rewards for the true, heartfelt faith.

Amen

The Spiritual Light

2006-09-11T19:15:00.001+09:00

How to describe the Spiritual Light, the light I sense, that is seen by souls departing this world? I speak of the warm light of higher realities, of realer dimensions than the one we see now.

It is something like the warm light of the Pacific or the Mediterranean, seen under the shade of palm trees, but of a different type and degree. We feel it even more richly, it is relaxing and stimulating, all at once.

It is a light of intelligence, itself somehow conscious.

All human attempts at understanding, be they scientific or religious, are an attempt to move towards this light, are inspired by this light, are in some way of this light.

It is the one thing that can make us feel totally satiated, like no food, sex, or any sensual phenomena can. In it's embrace, our hunger is no more.

It breaches the curtain separating 'life' and 'death', allowing us to bypass our conventional responses, beckoning us to a Greater Reality, of that inhabited by Angels, with whom we can fly there.

Just a pond is far from being the whole ocean, so our present state of consciousness is from the whole of our life.

Starfire

Understanding The Middle East- What's in a Word?

2006-08-31T09:28:00.000+09:00

There's a lot of junk flowing around the internet concerning the Middle-East these days. Perhaps you feel that this blog is contributing to this situation in it's style of reporting! But the reason for this is, of course, that it is far easier to criticise than to offer constructive support. The writer of this article sees things a little differently from all the partisan left and right-wingers out there, indulging in their battles of words- he actually sees the words themselves as the biggest reason behind this seemingly endless conflict. And the words themselves are hardly a new thing... As he says-

"The area of Israel and Palestine is not rich in resources. We have our famous conflict. It is our conflict, and we are happy to export it. It is our second greatest export.

What is our greatest export? It is not oil, as there is no petroleum here to export. But we have words, and have had words since words first created civilization in the middle east. The middle east is famous for exporting words. The Old Testament, the New Testament, the propaganda of two sides in the conflict, and fittingly enough, software, are our greatest exports in all history. For the Bible and the propaganda are programs for humans, and people and history are "programmed" by them, as well as by that other great program for the human computer, the Qur'an. "

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The Teaching of the Elohim

2006-05-08T20:27:00.000+09:00

The Elohim are those that made us, in their image. Yet we are but children to them. Unto them we turn in our hours of need as does a babe to its mother. So we have done through the centuries, even until now- yet such has been hidden by the clouds of mysticism and superstition. In truth, the cosmos is born of immortal substance, ever-changing and infused with intelligence no less. In such a cosmos dwell countless mortals, and some other immortals, of which the Elohim are some. Few they may be, yet for us they are a vital link. For it was they who created us, and they who populated this planet of ours with the miracle of life. They, too, watch over us through the eons giving the great of us aid, as it was told in the books we call holy.

One day, we too will be able to birth life in the cosmos. Bringing light to barren planetary shells, wonderful vistas of hope to the nether worlds. This shall be our maturity. So here is some light on the path, to help guide us.

Be as are children, for you are but children. Wonder at the glory of the creation, the beauty of earth and stars. Thus shall you preserve life on your world, and remember that it was once indeed barren- yet it never needs return to such a state. Yes, as children you are ecologists, and as adults you are breeders who should concern yourself with the joy of fruitfulness. Greater things are for greater minds- and those you call elders are best at dealing with them with the necessary calmness and maturity. So love one another and be fruitful together. Thus may a planet be bestowed by various species and wondrous life. Do not fear mixing with your fellow humans- whatever their country or ‘race’ of origin. You are all one great family, within which mixing is perfectly safe and allowed. Taboos or assumptions on this matter are nothing more than vain ignorance, born of a technological superiority which does not and never shall extend to your biological selves. All are one. Better you breed in loving-kindness than turn to the cruel instruments of metal.

This is why we say now and forever-

Make love-
Do not make war.

For life- each every and all life- is sacred. Not just to us or to you, but to the whole cosmos in which we dwell. Which we share. So respect this sacredness of life, and thereby respect yourselves. No-one shall tamper with this message or dilute it’s obviously universal import. Once again

Make love
Do not make war.

The most valuable ones amongst you are not the strongest. In fact, they are often your greatest burden as they try to outmatch one another in childish duels. The most special to us, the closest to us that you have yet attained, are the most intelligent among you. For countless centuries our closest children have been shunned, reviled, feared- yet paradoxically turned to in moments of need. This is dangerous, treacherous hypocrisy. You should honour not the strong, but the intelligent. Listen to the, though their strange-sounding notions sting your ears. Behold their wise and wondrous words. Humbly serve them, for with them lies the path to planetary happiness, which has so far almost entirely eluded you. Whatever bad has come from them can be sourced in their own fear of persecution and alienation. They have been reduced to ‘losers’, economic animals, or even paranoid psychopaths. And all because of an alienating superstition that just because most people are indeed stupid, that the stupid should be the leaders, and that true heroes are the ones they choose...

Above your statues of brave warriors, erect those of great thinkers, of humanitarians. Your taste for the toxic has almost made you extinct before- do not allow it to happen again. Use your IQ testing without fear, and invest in your space programs, the queen of technology. All else will follow. Think big! Thereby the small things are remarkably easy!

Intelligence is love, and love intelligence.
Violence is always the product of stupidity and ignorance. If it persists and spreads, it can only be to wrongly elevate the barren minded and stupid. They should serve the thoughtful and not the other way around!

Does a lab technician instruct a scientist?
A student their teacher?
For something closer to your cruelly mislead hearts- does a soldier instruct his commander?

This is so simple, yet it has eluded you and has been excluded from each and every of the misguided systems you employ on your planet. This is why, of course, that life there is so tragic and short. Who gave you medicine, who gave you thought itself? Honour that and those that gave it, not the overblown egos of tragic mistakes.

When this makes any sense at all, you will have arisen.

The intelligent may never be your leaders, as such, but they should and will guide your leaders, until you need leaders no more. Such they have done, in the background, over centuries, their humble egos needing little praise. Yet it is to them you should listen, as much as possible, if life is to be happier on this little world you call the earth.

This is the path to planetary consciousness- what is otherwise known as the global village. This refers to a benign social arrangement, which is not merely experimental in nature. Hence, it can be permitted to safely extend throughout the entire world and thereby be functional. This would, of course, imply the end of all conflicts and deep rooted superstitious prejudices. Otherwise the world would not truly be united- but instead really be still divided. This is the current situation- with a ‘United Nations’ presiding over a collection of often conflicting states. The Nations are still divided, and not yet truly united. What we envision is remarkably different and would seem ‘too good to be true’- especially to the strongest countries, such as the USA. Yet, it is an inevitable part of progress, if progress is to come.

It would of course necessitate peacefulness. The level of cooperation necessary to design and build starships would be truly international, and hence the very existence of one is the signature of a world at (at least relative) peace. All beings operating starships have reached such a level. Its very construction would be stymied by internal conflicts within the planet.

The Sentience of Solitude

2006-04-22T12:31:00.000+09:00

One has to change the system rather than simply adapt to it. For the system itself has a kind of craziness built into it- a manic quality that has for so long not just impeded progress but also made life miserable for large swaths of humanity. Is it truly humane to simply conform to such a thing, just to keep on the good side of people? Or is it better to evolve, as individuals, beyond it and hope the rest of society can some time gather the courage and the will to follow us on this golden path.

We simply can't change society- endless revolutions have taken place and whilst they may have dealt with some of the more pressing and radical problems, such as despotic and tyrannous governments, they have never reached the depths of the human heart and so corruption has remained. Nor can we hope to really achieve too much through reforms (which I outlined a process for in my previous post), however necessary they may be in the context of a particular situation. These are all medicines which deal with the symptoms, yet the patient must ultimately summon up the healing energies from within themselves if they are to really get better. To heal.

Hence a new subculture is gathering momentum and it is one which I fully support- one with an emphasis on healing- healing music (new age music), healing incense, healing massages- all methods to draw out the warm and nourishing, even holy energy from within us so as to make life a better thing to experience. All this will help as well and should by now be a part of the life of any sensible and sane individual living in today's modern world, with all the stresses and strains it inevitably brings due to the very nature of contemporary lifestyles and technologies.

A deeper change is called for, a deeper questioning and inner liberation is required. This can only take place within ourselves- and thereby influence society as a whole. The Universe is nothing but an abstract visualisation of the trillions of individual beings in the cosmos- the billions in our world, the millions in our countries, the thousands in our towns and the smaller groups in our families. Yet this whole universe-society can only change by the means of one individual at a time. The individual's happiness and progress is the society's happiness and progress.

The Birth of Essentialism

2006-04-22T12:29:00.000+09:00

I had a wonderful experience recently. during a boring meeting at school, my mind started to wonder off. I was transported to a beautiful green location with a rushing waterfall and a trickling stream. It was some heavenly region- the stream was alive with intelligence and glistening with colour from the sun. A wise, kind angel was speaking to me, teaching me what to teach to you.

The first priority should be seeing that everyone has enough to eat and shelter over their heads. 'Blessed are the Poor' said Jesus- which to my mind says we should cherish and look after the poor, not scorn them as so many still do. The next step would be basic education and freedom from harm. After that would come higher education and spiritual education and so on- all prioritised according to the level of need. The world itself would of course be focusing enormous resources on helping the developing countries to at least have a decent level of stability and comfort. Such issues would be major issues, not side-issues.

He taught me that there is indeed a longing for more religion so as to give people meaning and a sense of purity in their lives- but as so often happens most of this was misdirected or even misguided. The large fundamentalist movements may seem dangerous but they stem from a real sense that something is wrong and our lifestyles should be corrected. But rather than fundamentalism, which bases itself on a return to being obedient to scriptures in a literal sense- why not move with the times but keep true to the essence of them? This could be called Essentialism- a movement which focuses first and foremost on what is most essential, prioritising in a good and decent manner. It also reads the essence of what is taught in the scriptures- loving one another, not getting jealous, making situations more peaceful- the feelings that the scriptures encourage us to nourish within ourselves. These feeling-values are more basic than the behavioural rules which mainly reinforce cultural identities these days, despite their religious underpinning.

It's not so much about believing in God as in doing God's will - a reluctance to reduce things to set doctrines that Jesus himself seems to demonstrate in his disputes with the literalistic and hence often sophistic Pharisees. Full of words but poor in sincerity, successful on the surface but poor when it came to the essential issues of life and hence unable to grasp the realities of Eternal Life.

This could in a sense be confused with socialism but it is friendly to religious feeling and also to the arts and accepting of the free market- above all, the main difference being that this comes from an expression of compassion rather than as a centralised source of politicised power, with all the problems that brings. Of course, it is to some extent socialistic, yet if a comparable form of organisation was wanted, it would be the charities.

But just imagine it- a whole world revolving around the teachings of Essentialism, reading religious texts not to find literal meanings, nor dark mystic secrets, but to find the spirit of doing the right thing at the right time and all being happier for it. This is the promise of Essentialism, as taught by a great angel, beside the glistening, laughing stream of life.

Universe Facts for Your Comfort

2006-03-24T23:15:00.000+09:00

Universe Facts of Comfort

We have to remember certain facts when we look at the universe and even at our lives and these facts can help us to deal with feelings of loss, if not to entirely eradicate them. For to eradicate such feelings might rob us of the very chance to learn from them,- so for now we must have them, but we can at least deal with them in context.

Here are some of these certain facts that make loss bearable and joy more real-

No-one really ever dies- they simply transform to a new body and continue to live and evolve elsewhere. In fact their death or departure from this sphere may have been a necessary step in their soul's evolution - remembering that in this universe, evolution is the name of the game.

When someone leaves your life, you may miss them, but they do carry on living, experiencing, enjoying, in this world or another. If such a separation takes place remember that it is only God who we depend upon for life- not any particular creatures.

Emotional bonds last forever, all returns. That is, our true and heartfelt feelings have great value in the cosmos and are certainly noticed and cherished, even by creatures or angels beyond our sphere. Doing good, doing right is recognized supremely- as man is not the ultimate adjudicator- Truth an the dispenser of truth - God- is. We are not alone, infinite creatures are connected to us.

The only real advantage is doing the right thing and in the sum of all days this will be recognised. the fact that 'business' or corrupt 'governments' fail to always see this is quite irrelevant as their power is relatively small in the universe as a whole, even if it can be great in our lives. The strength of God protects us. Always. In all ways.

Universe Justice

2006-03-24T23:14:00.000+09:00

What exactly is this Universe Justice that Starfire teaches? Is it the law of sticks and stones, whereby every action meets it's own counter-reaction, whereby whatever yo do comes back to you? Well, yes, slightly, yet Starfire's notion includes something extra and attempts to integrate it too, so as to give a fuller picture.

For Starfire, grace very much takes precedence over 'karma'. God will forgive those who have faith and also, God is always trying to guide us towards situations in which we increase our faith. God made the universe for us to evolve in, not really so much for us to merely survive in. It would be a sorry thing indeed if we were merely to survive as we now are, warts and all, and not even seek to improve ourselves!

This is the true reason why 'bad' or trying things happen in our lives- to give us a chance to explore new possibilities in faith, to learn to trust God more and appreciate those essential things which no-one can take away from us. This is the truth of tragedy- that what we thereby lose was worthless when held up to the unearthly glow of God's love.

I've met people who lost their job, their home, their family - living examples of the Biblical Book of Job. Yet they thereby were led to find something else- the soul of a poet, or a truer love for others. You see they probably hadn't fully appreciated what they had and it thereby vanished, so as to awaken an appreciation within them. Now this is hardly a desireable situation, and it may seem at first glance a little cruel to even allow the possibility of such events in the universe. But I ask you- would it really be any kinder to forbid them- to enforce a certain stability in which urgent yet perhaps painful learning experiences simply couldn't happen?